Hi Conrad
How would you suggest me to formally learn the coding of Amibroker?
Should I pick up an intro book on C and VB?
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"Conrad Joach" <consolejoker@...> wrote:
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> I wouldn't say AFL is like C++, it's more something in between C
and VB. I know that sounds weird, but that's how it strikes me, and I
say that in a good way. I am still new to it myself, however as a
veteran C++ developer it is very easy to adapt.
>
> As a new coder I think you might want to take a few basic
tutorials online with VB, learn flow control, variables, boolean logic.
Those are all standard across all procedural languages.
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> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com,
"louies88" <Louies88@> wrote:
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> > I think Amibroker is great, especially its AFL. Although I
don't know enough about it to claim that it's superior than most other
scripting languages out there, I know for a fact that this is one of
the best. That also begs the question of how a person w/ virtually no
programming background can get started w/ AFL. I followed this forum
long enough to note that some of you in here are excellent coders. The
codes that I often see are flawless and eloquent, which then makes me
think how long does it take a coding newbie such as myself to attain
that coding level.
> >
> > I look at it this way. Coding a computer language is pretty
similar to learning a foreign language. I remember how my first English
class went. I started out by learning a few basic vocabulary words,
then use some of it in the form of a noun, then a verb, finally an
object. Sentence structures, or in computer language better known as
syntax, govern if a sentence is grammatically correct or if it's not.
With that in mind, I also started out by looking at the AFL Library in
Amibroker. I downloaded all of the functions in the hope of building
myself an Amibroker vocabulary and started to put some of the basic
vocabulary words together to make a "sentence."
> >
> > However, since there isn't any kind of document FORMALLY
teaching the ABC of coding in Amibroker, I'm left w/ a question how
does Amibroker syntax work? Some of the experienced coders here often
compare AFL syntax to that of C++. But for a person w/ neither
background in AFL or C++ or any other computer langugae, the question
remains: How do I get start? Where's the square one?
> >
> > Anybody w/ such experience is highly appreciated if he/she's
willing to shed a light on this.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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